Manic Panic Huh? It’s called Manic Panic. Pink = Panic? My mom would certainly Panic if she saw That color On my head. Bubblegum strands Of hair. A personality To match. Pop! went the head As we ooh’d and ahh’d. Pop! went the boyfriend’s eyes When we asked For a picture. “Thank you for sharing!” Nervous giggles in response. But like bubblegum popped, She snapped right back Happy to let us chew on her. I wonder why She chose pink? Is it her favorite color? Was it the brightest? The loudest? A good case study For a psychology student, I think. Why do we alter Ourselves? Would the Pink Ladies Let her in? Or would Rizzo Turn her out. Frenchie would approve Or commiserate. I wonder if She’s Fonzie’s kind of girl, Like Pinkie Tuscadero? Hot pink On hot wheels. What did her mother say When she came home In Manic Panic? What would the reaction be If she colored her eyebrows Pink? What would her boyfriend Think About an eyeful Of tight, pink curls? (can you even do that?) Manic Panic. Pink ‘til the end.
Huh?
It’s called Manic Panic.
Pink = Panic?
My mom would certainly
Panic if she saw
That color
On my head.
Bubblegum strands
Of hair.
A personality
To match.
Pop! went the head
As we ooh’d and ahh’d.
Pop! went the boyfriend’s eyes
When we asked
For a picture.
“Thank you for sharing!”
Nervous giggles in response.
But like bubblegum popped,
She snapped right back
Happy to let us chew on her.
I wonder why
She chose pink?
Is it her favorite color?
Was it the brightest?
The loudest?
A good case study
For a psychology student,
I think.
Why do we alter
Ourselves?
Would the Pink Ladies
Let her in?
Or would Rizzo
Turn her out.
Frenchie would approve
Or commiserate.
I wonder if
She’s Fonzie’s kind of girl,
Like Pinkie Tuscadero?
Hot pink
On hot wheels.
What did her mother say
When she came home
In Manic Panic?
What would the reaction be
If she colored her eyebrows
Pink?
What would her boyfriend
Think
About an eyeful
Of tight, pink curls?
(can you even do that?)
Manic Panic.
Pink ‘til the end.